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The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji
Author: Murasaki Shikibu, Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)
The Tale of Genji was written in the eleventh century by Murasaki Shikibu, a lady of the Heian court. It is universally recognized as the greatest masterpiece of Japanese prose narrative, perhaps the earliest true novel in the history of the world. — Until now there has been no translation that is both complete and scrupulously faithful ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780394735306
ISBN-10: 0394735307
Publication Date: 7/12/1978
Pages: 1,118
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Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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